jack (j k)n. 1. often Jack Informal A man; a fellow. 2. a. One who does odd or heavy jobs; a laborer. b. One who works in a specified manual trade. Often used in combination: a lumberjack; a steeplejack. c. Jack A sailor; a tar. 3. Abbr. J Games A playing card showing the figure of a servant or soldier and ranking below a queen. Also called knave. 4. Games a. jacks (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game played with a set of small six-pointed metal pieces and a small ball, the object being to pick up the pieces in various combinations. b. One of the metal pieces so used. 5. Sports A pin used in some games of bowling. 6. a. A usually portable device for raising heavy objects by means of force applied with a lever, screw, or hydraulic press. b. A wooden wedge for cleaving rock. 7. A device used for turning a spit. 8. Nautical a. A support or brace, especially the iron crosstree on a topgallant masthead. b. A small flag flown at the bow of a ship, usually to indicate nationality. 9. The male of certain animals, especially the ass. 10. Any of several food and game fishes of the family Carangidae, found in tropical and temperate seas. 11. A jackrabbit. 12. A socket that accepts a plug at one end and attaches to electric circuitry at the other. 13. Slang Money. 14. Applejack. 15. Slang A small or worthless amount: You don't know jack about that. v. jacked, jack·ing, jacks v.tr. 1. To hunt or fish for with a jacklight: hunters illegally jacking deer. 2. a. To move or hoist by or as if by using a jack: jacked the rear of the car to replace the tire. b. To raise (something) to a higher level, as in cost: "Foreign producers jacked up the price on some steels by over 100%" (Forbes). 3. Baseball To hit (a pitched ball) hard, especially for a home run. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: To hunt or fish for quarry by using a jacklight. jack off Vulgar Slang To masturbate. [From the name Jack, from Middle English Jakke, possibly from Old French Jacques, from Late Latin Iac  bus; see Jacob. N., sense 15, short for jack shit.]jack  er n. |
Jack [dʒæk]
n
I'm all right, Jack Brit informal
a. a remark indicating smug and complacent selfishness
b. (as modifier) an ``I'm all right, Jack'' attitude
jack1
n
1. a man or fellow
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a sailor
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the male of certain animals, esp of the ass or donkey
4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a mechanical or hydraulic device for exerting a large force, esp to raise a heavy weight such as a motor vehicle
5. (Cookery) any of several mechanical devices that replace manpower, such as a contrivance for rotating meat on a spit
6. (Group Games / Card Games) one of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a young prince; knave
7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) Bowls a small usually white bowl at which the players aim with their own bowls
8. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) Electrical engineering a female socket with two or more terminals designed to receive a male plug (jack plug) that either makes or breaks the circuit or circuits
9. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a flag, esp a small flag flown at the bow of a ship indicating the ship's nationality Compare Union Jack
10. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical either of a pair of crosstrees at the head of a topgallant mast used as standoffs for the royal shrouds
11. (Music / Instruments) a part of the action of a harpsichord, consisting of a fork-shaped device on the end of a pivoted lever on which a plectrum is mounted
12. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various tropical and subtropical carangid fishes, esp those of the genus Caranx, such as C. hippos (crevalle jack)
13. (Group Games / Games, other than specified) Also called jackstone one of the pieces used in the game of jacks
14. short for applejack, bootjack, jackass, jackfish, jack rabbit, and lumberjack
15. US a slang word for money
every man jack everyone without exception
adj
jack of Austral slang tired or fed up with (something)
vb (tr)
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to lift or push (an object) with a jack
jack2, jak [dʒæk]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) short for jackfruit, jakfruit
[from Portuguese jaca; see jackfruit]
jack3
n
1. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a short sleeveless coat of armour of the Middle Ages, consisting usually of a canvas base with metal plates
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Archaic a drinking vessel, often of leather
[from Old French jaque, of uncertain origin]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | jack - a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
| 2. |  Jack - a man who serves as a sailor able seaman, able-bodied seaman - a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n, bosun - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen deckhand, roustabout - a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor ship's officer, officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" pilot - a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor sea lawyer - an argumentative and contentious seaman whaler - a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales | |
| 3. |  jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual laboragricultural laborer, agricultural labourer - a person who tills the soil for a living bracero - a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II cleaner - someone whose occupation is cleaning day laborer, day labourer - a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages digger - a laborer who digs dishwasher - someone who washes dishes gandy dancer - a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang gravedigger - a person who earns a living by digging graves hewer - a person who hews hired hand, hired man, hand - a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand" hod carrier, hodman - a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers gipsy, gypsy, itinerant - a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders" miner, mineworker - laborer who works in a mine platelayer, tracklayer - a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks porter - a person employed to carry luggage and supplies rail-splitter, splitter - a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences sawyer - one who is employed to saw wood section hand - a laborer assigned to a section gang sprayer - a worker who applies spray to a surface stacker - a laborer who builds up a stack or pile steeplejack - someone who builds or maintains very tall structures dock worker, dock-walloper, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore - a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port woodcutter - cuts down trees and chops wood as a job working man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor wrecker - someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job yardman - a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns) | |
| 4. | jack - immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Artocarpus heterophyllus, jackfruit, jackfruit tree - East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds | |
| 5. | jack - a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling bowls, lawn bowling - a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack ball - round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket" | |
| 6. | jack - an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity phone jack, telephone jack - a jack for plugging in a telephone | |
| 7. | jack - game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks game equipment - equipment or apparatus used in playing a game | |
| 8. | jack - small flag indicating a ship's nationality flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design | |
| 9. |  jack - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince | |
| 10. | jack - tool for exerting pressure or lifting bumper jack - a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper jackscrew, screw jack - screw-operated jack tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation | |
| 11. | jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas Carangidae, family Carangidae - large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas carangid, carangid fish - a percoid fish of the family Carangidae Caranx bartholomaei, yellow jack - fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Elagatis bipinnulata, rainbow runner - streamlined cigar-shaped jack; good game fish leatherjack, leatherjacket - any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales Alectis ciliaris, thread-fish, threadfish - fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins Seriola dorsalis, yellowtail - game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin banded rudderfish, Seriola zonata, rudderfish - fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters Seriola grandis, kingfish - large game fish of Australia and New Zealand | |
| 12. | jack - male donkey ass - hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse | |
| Verb | 1. | jack - lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire" |
| 2. | jack - hunt with a jacklight hunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" |
Translations
Jack [dʒæk]
jack [dʒæk]
B. CPD Jack Frost N personificación del hielo
Jack Ketch N el verdugo
Jack Robinson N before you can say Jack Robinson → en un santiamén, en un decir Jesús
Jack Tar N el marinero
Jack Ketch N el verdugo
Jack Robinson N before you can say Jack Robinson → en un santiamén, en un decir Jesús
Jack Tar N el marinero
jack [dʒæk]
A. N
3. (Bowls) → boliche m
5. (also bootjack) → sacabotas m inv
6. (Naut) → marinero m
8. jacks (= game) → cantillos mpl
B. CPD jack plane N → garlopa f
jack plug N → enchufe m de clavija
jack rabbit N (US) → liebre f americana
jack plug N → enchufe m de clavija
jack rabbit N (US) → liebre f americana
jack up VT + ADV
2. (= increase) [+ price, production] → aumentar
Jack
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jack:
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jack:
n dim of John → Hans m; I’m all right Jack → das kann mich überhaupt nicht jucken (inf); his attitude of I’m all right Jack → seine Einstellung „das kann mich überhaupt nicht jucken“
jack
n
→ Hebevorrichtung f; (Aut) → Wagenheber m
(Cards) → Bube m
(Bowling) → Zielkugel f
(= bootjack) → Stiefelknecht m
(inf) every man jack (of them) → alle ohne Ausnahme, (alle) geschlossen; every man jack of them voted against it → sie stimmten alle geschlossen or ohne Ausnahme dagegen
jack:
Jack Frost
jackhammer
n (US) → Presslufthammer m
jack-in-office
n → Beamtenseele f
jack-in-the-box
n → Schachtel- or Kastenteufel m; he was up and down like a jack → er sprang immer wieder auf, der reinste Hampelmann
jack:
jack of all trades
n → Alleskönner m; to be (a) jack (and master of none) (prov) → ein Hansdampf m → in allen Gassen sein
jack-o’-lantern
jack plane
n (Tech) → Schropp- or Doppelhobel m
jack plug
n → Bananenstecker m; (for telephone) → Klinkenstecker m
jack:
jack rabbit
n → Eselhase m
Jack Robinson
n before you could say jack (inf) → im Nu, im Handumdrehen
Jack Russell
n → Jack Russell m
jack:
Jack Tar
n (Naut inf) → Seebär m (inf)
Jack-the-lad
n (Brit inf) → Großmaul nt (inf)
jack [dʒæk] n (Tech, Aut) → cric m inv (Cards) → fante m (Bowls) → boccino, pallino
before you could say Jack Robinson (fam) → in men che non si dica
every man jack of them (fam) → ognuno di loro
jack [dʒæk] n (Tech, Aut) → cric m inv (Cards) → fante m (Bowls) → boccino, pallino
before you could say Jack Robinson (fam) → in men che non si dica
every man jack of them (fam) → ognuno di loro
before you could say Jack Robinson (fam) → in men che non si dica
every man jack of them (fam) → ognuno di loro
jack up vt + adv
a. (Tech, Aut) → sollevare con il cric
b. (fam) (raise, prices, wages) → alzare
jack [dʒæk] n (Tech, Aut) → cric m inv (Cards) → fante m (Bowls) → boccino, pallino
before you could say Jack Robinson (fam) → in men che non si dica
every man jack of them (fam) → ognuno di loro
jack up vt + adv
a. (Tech, Aut) → sollevare con il cric
b. (fam) (raise, prices, wages) → alzare
n jack [dʒӕk]
1 an instrument for lifting up a motor car or other heavy weight You should always keep a jack in the car in case you need to change a wheel. domkrag رافِعَة سَيّارَه крик zdvihák donkraft der Wagenheber γρύλος gato tungraud جک tunkki cric מַגבֵּהַ भारी बोझा ऊपर उठाने का यन्त्र dizalica kocsiemelő dongkrak tjakkur cric ジャッキ 잭, 기중기 domkratas domkrats jek krik jekk, donkraft lewarek, podnośnik macaco cric домкрат zdvihák dvigalka dizalica domkraft แม่แรง kriko 千斤頂 важіль; домкрат بوجھ اٹھانے کی دستی کل bệ đỡ 千斤顶
2 the playing-card between the ten and queen, sometimes called the knave The jack, queen and king are the three face cards. boer الوَلَد أو الشّاب في وَرَق اللعب вале spodek knægt der Bube βαλές sota soldat سرباز jätkä valet נָסִיך गुलाम ताश के पत्तों में, एक प्रकार का प्लग doljnjak (u igraćim kartama) bubi (kártyában) kartu jack gosi jack, fante ジャック (카드놀이에서) 잭 valetas kalps (kāršu spēlē) pekak boer knekt walet valete valet (la cărţi) валет dolník fant žandar lyfta (hissa) upp med domkraft ไพ่แจ็ค สูงกว่าสิบต่ำกว่าควีน bacak, vale (紙牌撲克牌中的)傑克(紙牌中的)傑克 валет تاش کے پتوں میں غلام کا پتہ quân J （纸牌中的）杰克
jack up
to raise (a motor car etc) and keep it supported, with a jack You need to jack up the car before you try to remove the wheel. opdomkrag يَرْفَع вдигам (с крик) zdvihnout hæve med donkraft hochwinden ανυψώνω με γρύλο levantar con gato tungrauaga tõstma با جک بلند کردن nostaa tunkilla soulever avec un cric לְהָרִים בְּמַגבֵּה जैक से ऊपर उठाना podići felemel mendongkrak tjakka (upp) sollevare col cric ジャッキで押し上げる 잭으로 들어올리다 pakelti domkratu pacelt (ar domkratu) membicu opkrikken jekke opp, løfte med donkraft podnieść lewarkiem levantar a ridica cu cricul поднимать домкратом zdvihnúť dvigniti z dvigalko podići ยกด้วยแม่แรง krikoyla kaldırmak 用千斤頂頂起 піднімати домкратом دستی کل سے موٹر گاڑی کو اٹھانا nâng lên bằng bệ 用千斤顶顶
jack → رافعة zvedák donkraft Wagenheber γρύλος gato väkivipu cric dizalica cric ジャッキ 잭 kerel jekk lewarek macaco de carro домкрат domkraft ปั้นจั่น kriko cái kích 千斤顶
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